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Announcement: Jack’s Magical Beanstalk & the Jeweled Grotto, by Pablo Michaels

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Jack's Magical Beanstalk and the Jeweled Grotto

QSFer Pablo Michaels has a new MM fairy tale romance book out: In this sequel to the adult fairy tale book, Jack and the Magical Beanstalk, Jack and Sam have been living happily together on Jack’s prosperous farm with Jack’s widowed mother, Lorene, and the two farmhands, Zeke and Adam. When Sam started having nightmare concerning his father’s health, Sam became distraught and felt helpless not being able to go back to the land he was born, even though Jack attempted to find a way to climb back up high in the sky to Sam’s native land. When Sam traded … Read more

Announcement: Hold, by Rachel Davidson Leigh

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QSFer Rachel Davidson Leigh has a new YA sci fi book out: Luke Aday knew that his sister’s death was imminent—she had been under hospice care for months—but that didn’t make her death any easier on him or their family. He returns to school three days after the funeral to a changed world; his best friends welcome him back with open arms, but it isn’t the same. When a charismatic new student, Eddie Sankawulo, tries to welcome Luke to his own school, something life-changing happens: In a moment of frustration, Luke runs into an empty classroom, hurls his backpack against the … Read more

Announcement: Herald, by T.A. Creech

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QSFer T.A. Creech has a new paranormal Christmas book out: Danny’s life has never been easy or straightforward. Farm life with his brothers was supposed to be a quiet existence, something he needed after his medical discharge from the Army. Then an angel fell from the sky. Four days before Christmas, two more followed, and Danny hasn’t the faintest idea why he’s so ensnared by one of them, but he is. Of course, Gabriel isn’t at all pleased about getting knocked off his perch. It was too soon to be back on Earth. Too soon to fall into the trap of … Read more

Announcement: The Goat, by Bill Kieffer

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The Goat

QSFer Bill Kieffer has a new dark urban fantasy book out: This is the story of Frank, a self-loathing gay/bisexual 40-something man, having a mid-life crisis ‘affair’ with his high school bullying victim. Glenn is a Furry, human in real life but online, he plays a sexually active Goat in several Furry communities. Glenn not only allows Frank’s abuse, but he seems to encourage it in order to get what he wants. Still, Frank is what our HS teachers would call an “Unreliable Narrator.” So, it’s up to the reader to decide who the real victim is in the story. … Read more

FOR WRITERS: Writing Good Lesbian Characters

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: “Not really a question but LGBTQI+ encompasses a wide range of sexual identities. Reading gives us some of them but what about a day or days identifying them and explaining and discussing ways to incorporate them into books?” OK, so lets kick this off. We’ll devote a day each over the next few months talking about writing different types of characters across the LGBTIQA spectrum. Given that each of us is human, there’s no one “right” way to write a lesbian character. But maybe we can tackle this from a … Read more

Announcement: Realm of the Grizzly Bear, by Alex Morgan

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Realm of the Grizzly Bear

QSFer Alex Morgan has a new MM paranormal romance book out: Jarrod has become obsessed with finding Caleb, the white-haired bear who rescued him from freezing to death in a blizzard the previous winter. After their night of passion, Jarrod realizes his body is changing. He is becoming larger, more muscular and hairier so he wants to find Caleb to find out what’s happening to him. Jarrod searches the forest where he encountered Caleb but instead finds Logan, and almost loses his life. Caleb rescues him and tells Jarrod he is becoming a bear, a real bear, to be a … Read more

“Black Mirror” Buries “Bury Your Guys”

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If you identify as being anything other than straight, you know that living life under the rainbow flag can be difficult. From canceling your gym membership because it’s become a depressing graveyard of Grindr hookups, to strangers revealing that between their legs dangles the Excalibur of schlongs, primed to magically turn any lesbian back into a peen-loving heterosexual, life comes with its own unique set of downsides. Oh, and then there’s the whole being verbally or physically assaulted and occasionally fearing for your life thing. All this being said though, at least us real-life LGBTQ’ers aren’t (for the most part) … Read more

“ResurrXion” X-Men Arc to Begin With Solo Gay Iceman Series

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Marvel has big plans for the X-Men. The “Death of X” storyline, which began in October, will reveal exactly what happens before everything explodes in “Inhumans vs. X-Men.” But what about after the dust settles? Apparently an Iceman solo comic will narrate the fallout in the first installment of the revival series, titled “ResurrXion.” The X-Men’s current status is shaky at best. Currently under threat by the spread of Terrigen Mist, the mutant population is slowly shrinking in size. To add insult to injury, the mist also sterilizes them, preventing any future mutants from being born. Iceman, aka Bobby Drake, … Read more

Cover Reveal: Haven’s Fall, by Elizabeth A. Schechter

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Haven's Fall

Forbidden Fiction author Elizabeth A. Schechter has a new MM fantasy book coming out, and we have the cover reveal: Haven had been their goal since escaping the destruction of the School. Haven had promised safety, rest, an end to running and death. But things had gone badly wrong in the mountains. Tam and Linnea had to leave Matthias and Solomon behind to face the Elders, hoping to return for them once they’d found Haven. The reality did not live up to the promise. Isolated and dying, Haven feared outsiders almost more than it needed new blood. With only the … Read more

Announcement: Changing Worlds, by Cari Z

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Changing Worlds

QSFer Cari Z has a new MM sci fi romance out: Their love will either inspire change in the world or tear it apart. Former starship captain Jason Kim and his lover, Ferran, are starting a life together on Ferran’s native planet. The Perel matriarchs reluctantly allowed their marriage in the hopes of securing better diplomatic relations with humanity, even though the decision ignites anger from traditionalists. Ferran’s family accepts Jason and the love the two men have found, but other influential families are less accommodating and much less willing to welcome an outsider to their isolated, subterranean world. Some … Read more